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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will exchange views on bilateral relations, cooperation in various fields and international and regional issues of mutual interest during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to China. This was stated by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun at a press conference. This will be President Putin’s twenty-fifth visit to China, Guo recalled, adding that “the two sides will take the opportunity of this visit to continue to promote the development of Sino-Russian relations to a higher level, which will instill greater stability and positive energy in the world.”
Putin, relations with China at unprecedented levels
The Russia-China alliance is not “directed against anyone”, as the two countries work for “universal peace and prosperity”, making an important contribution to the resolution of global and regional issues. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, reported by Tass.
“The close strategic relationship between Russia and China plays a key stabilizing role at the global level. Relations between Moscow and Beijing have reached an unprecedented level, which is reflected in their willingness to support each other on key issues, including the protection of sovereignty.”
“It is in this spirit that Moscow and Beijing act in a coordinated manner to defend international law and the provisions of the United Nations Charter in their entirety, completeness and interconnectedness,” Putin said in a video message on the eve of his visit to China.
“We support active cooperation through the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Brics and other multilateral bodies, making a substantial contribution to solving urgent global and regional challenges.”
“I would like to remind you that 25 years ago, Russia and China signed the Treaty of Good Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation, which laid a solid foundation for a truly strategic relationship and a global partnership for the benefit of our countries and peoples,” Putin said. “Today, relations between Russia and China have reached a truly unprecedented level,” he said.
As Putin noted, the special nature of the relationship between Moscow and Beijing is reflected in “the atmosphere of mutual understanding and trust, the commitment to pursue mutually beneficial and fair cooperation, to conduct respectful dialogue and to support each other on issues affecting the fundamental interests of both countries, including the protection of sovereignty and state unity.”
Xi to Trump, Putin may regret the war
Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly told Donald Trump last week that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may end up regretting invading Ukraine. The Financial Times reports this in view of the arrival of the Russian president in China. The British newspaper claims that Xi made this comment during some talks with Trump in which the war in Ukraine was discussed. According to the FT, the Chinese leader’s words about Putin’s decision to launch a large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 would have gone further than on previous occasions. China has always maintained an ambiguous position on the war in Ukraine: on the one hand, it called for respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, in reference to Ukraine, and, on the other, it insisted on the need to pay attention to the “legitimate security requests” of all parties, alluding to the Russian position.